Israel Ministry of Forein Affairs. "The Operation in Gaza - 27 Dec 2008 - 18 Jan 2009: Factual and Legal Aspects." Executive Summary: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/Operation_in_Gaza-Factual_and_Legal_Aspects.htm Report: http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/E89E699D-A435-491B-B2D0-017675DAFEF7/0/GazaOperation.pdf
U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell has been traveling this week with a refrain about Israeli settlements in the territories comprising a chief obstacle to peace in the Middle East. In light of the destruction of the lives of Palestinian Jews (that's right: as indigenous there as anyone else) in Gaza in 2005, the result of an appeasing trade of land for peace, fair hand-wringers around the world know there's another and far less vocalized side of the story.
Israel's side.
Funny thing too about Israel's telling of events: it lends itself always to independent questioning, examination, and corroboration.
In the Journals List to the right of this page space, I've listed two or more journalism watchdog sites developed to combat anti-Semitic disinformation and reporting slanted by hostility toward Israel and toward Jews:
"CAMERA" is the Committee for Accuracy in Midde East Reporting in America: http://www.camera.org/
"Honest Reporting" dogs the BBC and other major news outlets and calls them out on misrepresentation and slant as needed: http://www.honestreporting.com/
For any who may have happened upon this page while harboring evil intent for Israel and the Jews, read through the documents cited and the sites mentioned despite those attitudes and feelings, for we know there is no compulsion in religion, that one scholar is more powerful against the Devil than one thousand worshippers, and that we may all race to do good deeds.
Without compulsion, perhaps in a somewhat scholarly way, I'm going to do an extra good deed on this blog this afternoon and add to its listings an online Palestinian news organization: the Ma'an News Agency -- http://www.maannews.net/eng/Default.aspx.
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